Pick Six Weekly: Not very thankful for this year’s busts

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Nov 24, 2010 at 12:01 AMNov 24, 2010 at 4:53 PM

Fantasy football: Thanksgiving has always been a great holiday for me. You get to see family, go to other relatives’ Thanksgiving dinners, stuff your face with as much food as you want (and even get to take some of it back home) and relax and watch some of the most forgettable football games ever.

Joey Baskerville

Thanksgiving has always been a great holiday for me.

You get to see family, go to other relatives’ Thanksgiving dinners, stuff your face with as much food as you want (and even get to take some of it back home) and relax and watch some of the most forgettable football games ever.

I honestly can’t remember the last Thanksgiving game that didn’t have fantasy implications for my teams. I still laugh about starting Chris Johnson, LenDale White, Rob Bironas, Bo Scaife and the Titans defense in 2007 and already having the week wrapped up before Black Friday.

But as is the case with family, there’s times when you love seeing them and times you just can’t wait to go back home.

Is that ungrateful? Maybe. But that’s doesn’t change the way you feel.

That’s why I’m going to compare this year’s fantasy football busts to those family members that you love seeing, until you remember why you don’t see them that much at all.

Thanks ... for nothing

Randy Moss — The aunt with the bad dressing/stuffing. Perhaps the “secret ingredient” has been discontinued or you, dear aunt, have forgotten how to cook. Moss either has had quarterbacks who throw too deep, wide or high for the receiver to catch the ball or he’s forgotten how to get open. Like the aunt, you love her for what she used to do much more than what she’s given since.

DeAngelo Williams — The drunk uncle who tells funny stories (or so he thinks). You really just want him to shut up, help that aunt with the dressing/stuffing. Williams, like the drunk uncle, was great in his glory days, but this year makes you wonder if he’ll ever be the person he once was.

Brandon Marshall — The distant relative who brings all his bad children. Marshall hasn’t recorded a touchdown since Week 3, which was his only TD of the season. But he sure as heck brought in all his baggage from Denver.

Ryan Mathews — The freeloading cousin. I don’t know how it is with other families, but if you’re going to a relative’s dinner, you usually bring in a dish to contribute. Mathews was invited to many teams’ fantasy rosters and contributed nothing. Thanks for that.

Brett Favre — The grand, uh, something, who snores through the game. All of them. Favre has slept-walked through this season and if you waited to draft Favre late, he’s more than disappointed.

Matt Schaub — The father who forgets to buy all the needed groceries. Like that dad we know and love, Schaub was given all the needed instructions and tools to succeed at his one job, but still hasn’t gotten all the things you asked for.

Pick Six: Waiver wire pickups

With Hakeem Nicks going down for three weeks for an injury (Compartment Syndrome) I’ve never heard of before, many owners will need a wideout to fill that role. You can only be happy that this injury came before the playoffs and trade deadline, but he cut it real close.

Carolina’s become a Mike Goodson television production and he’s not bad. You’ll want to pick him up immediately. He has the potential to save your season.

Vince Young’s behavior last week has been superseded by Bud Adams’ blind allegiance to a mediocre-at-best quarterback. On Monday the Tennessee Titans owner seems to want to bring Young back in 2011, even if that means Jeff Fisher won’t stand for it.

I really shouldn’t be that surprised that the same owner who flipped the double bird at the Buffalo Bills last year and locked out the late Steve McNair for the Titans facilities before trading him to Baltimore would do this.

But how do you begin to come to the defense of Young after his actions last Sunday? Oh yeah! The Purple Drank. How else can you explain it?